Steampunk Cookbook (long term project!)

[Angus A Fitziron]

Mr Harrow, my first thought was of Bertie Wooster trying to make a cup of tea after Jeeves left him!  I may then include a survival guide for gentlemen who find themselves minus a gentleman's gentleman due to unforseen circumstances.  This is becoming less of a cookery book and more of a survival guide. Lives could be saved!

In that case would it be appropriate to tackle not just simple dishes but the more complicated ones that Bertie was used to Jeeves preparing him? So, how to cook a poached egg, french toast, baking a whole salmon, etc, because although Bertie could survive on pies from the nearest pub, he probably wouldn't understand where all the snacks Jeeves produced came from and how to replicate them as needed. The book should also include a chapter on the Duffer's Identification Guide to Kitchen Implements, including things like salmon kettle, waffle irons and salamanders, so said duffer could find said implements when required.

[Mr Peter Harrow, Esq]

You want the fantastic, see if you can get the Majors and Dr Geof's consent you can add a bit on tea duelling for the tea section, duelling grade tea.

If gentleman can make a soft boiled egg with toasted soldiers and tea, then he can live like a king!

[VampirateMace]

If gentleman can make a soft boiled egg with toasted soldiers and tea, then he can live like a king!

Apparently that sounded fine in the Queen's English, but we frown upon cannibalism on our side of the pond.

I agree with the idea of treading carefully where original recipes are concerned. Not only do we grow so much of our fruit and veggies to be big and pretty and plentiful that's we've forgotten that food should have flavor (eat a red delicious, then a crab apple, chances are you will never want to eat a red delicious again), but we're also conditioned in modern society to expect extra sugar. There's so much sugar in manwich mix you can taste it. Who the heck decided meat needed more sugar? And that is why I like to cook from scratch and grow my own vegtables.

[Mr Peter Harrow, Esq]

Toasted soldiers are thin strips of buttered toast one can dip in a soft boiled egg

[Velkan]

Toasted soldiers are thin strips of buttered toast one can dip in a soft boiled egg

And are even better all lined up in rank and file

[VampirateMace]

Either your toast is really crisp, or your eggs are barely boiled at all. 

I think the struggle for a cookbook like this will be making it fun and informative, without making it cheesy.

[neon_suntan]

Way back in the mists of the beginning of time of this here forum a young lady put this together

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Full Link to Lulu site


Can't wait to see your take on the whole thing and if I can find it i'd love to submit for consideration my recipe for Death by Mocha 

[Miss Calendula Malmesbury]

Vampirate Mace: A boiled egg and soldiers is a British staple.  It is permitted to break the yolk with a spoon and help it onto the bread, but once broken, the dipping of the bread solder is really quite easy.

Neon_Suntan:  I became aware of said tome after I started the scrawlings of my own.  I hope not to tread on any toes as my own humble offering is shaping up to be somewhat of a different animal, being a 'fun' (hopefully) steampunk themed household manual a-la-Mrs Beeton with recipes scattered throughout.

All recipe ideas considered and writing credits will of course be given if they are used in the finished article (whenever that happens)!

Thankyou all again so much for your valuable enthusiasm and input.
Miss C
 

[Mr Peter Harrow, Esq]

No recipes but plenty of creatures.

[VampirateMace]

Vampirate Mace: A boiled egg and soldiers is a British staple.  It is permitted to break the yolk with a spoon and help it onto the bread, but once broken, the dipping of the bread solder is really quite easy.

Yeah, it was a joke (apparently not a very effective one). What we've always call soft-boiled, you might call semi-soft, but I realize that it's not the 'standard' for soft-boiled.

[Mr Peter Harrow, Esq]

Vampirate Mace: A boiled egg and soldiers is a British staple.  It is permitted to break the yolk with a spoon and help it onto the bread, but once broken, the dipping of the bread solder is really quite easy.

Yeah, it was a joke (apparently not a very effective one). What we've always call soft-boiled, you might call semi-soft, but I realize that it's not the 'standard' for soft-boiled.

Surely you mean't yolk, not joke?

[elShoggotho]

This would be the second Brass Goggles community cookbook. Remember "Fuel for the Boiler"? I even contributed a recipe or three.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/elizabeth-stockton/fuel-for-the-boiler-a-steampunk-cookbook/paperback/product-3399708.html
http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_63/2512000/2512986/4/print/2512986.pdf

That said, go on ahead! I'm looking forward to another one, especially since Mme. Dreadful hasn't been seen on the premises for quite some time now.

[Miss Calendula Malmesbury]

Having had a look at Mme Dreadful's fine work, it looks like my own humble offering is going down a different leg of the trouser as it were. My scrawlings will hopefully not only offer epicurean delights but also handy tips on employing simian staff, getting boiler grease out of your bustle and other useful things that every steampunk should know!

[Mr Peter Harrow, Esq]

Monkey Butlers are so much more economical than human staff, as they work for peanuts!

Stain chart! Like a paint chart but allows you to identify exactly what your husband has got on his clothing, so your marmoset  maid can be properly instructed in it's removal.

Acid, blood, human brains, ichor, bile, potassium cyanide solution, marmite, axle grease, scorpion venom, egg, Brasso, grass, red wine and absinthe are all things found on a gentlemans tie, what a day that was!


You would of course have the Marmite and axle grease pictures the same.

[Crescat Scientia]

Having had a look at Mme Dreadful's fine work, it looks like my own humble offering is going down a different leg of the trouser as it were. My scrawlings will hopefully not only offer epicurean delights but also handy tips on employing simian staff, getting boiler grease out of your bustle and other useful things that every steampunk should know!

Would those be the proverbial "trousers of time" Mr. Pratchett is so eloquent about?  The book sounds amusing.  Have you investigated the Victorian cookbooks which have a section of household cleaning tips in the back?